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Entry Point 1 - Trout Lake

Trout Lake entry point allows overnight paddle or motor (25 HP max). This entry point is supported by La Croix Ranger Station near the city of Cook, MN. The distance from ranger station to entry point is 30 miles. Access from LakeVermilion via 60-rod canoe portage or 180-rod portage that allows the use of portage wheels. This area was affected by blowdown in 1999.

Number of Permits per Day: 12
Elevation: 1381 feet
Latitude: 47.9144
Longitude: -92.3220
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Soledad
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08/05/2009 04:29PM
 
New Trip Report posted by Soledad

Trip Name: Father and Son Trip.

Entry Point: 16

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bojibob
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08/05/2009 04:37PM
 
Priceless time for the three of you! I hope these memories last you a liftime or at least until your next trip.

"One inch on the map ~ is not one inch on the ground"
Earl
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08/05/2009 04:54PM
 
I really enjoyed that - thanks for posting. Another outdoorsman is born!!!
snakecharmer
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08/05/2009 05:20PM
 
Priceless!!! Making great memories is really what it's all about.

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after"
~ Henry David Thoreau

whiteh20
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08/05/2009 09:14PM
 
Outstanding! We must all "pass it on". Thanks for sharing!

"With an ax, you can build a life. With a stove, you can boil water. That is if nothing breaks and you don't run out of fuel." -Samuel Hearne
cowdoc
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08/05/2009 09:19PM
 
Great pic of the two "boys" with the sunset. That should make somebody's frig or framed on a desk. Good times....you're doing it right.

"What could happen?"
benr0
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08/06/2009 07:00AM
 
Won't forget that one anytime soon. Thanks for sharing!
jfred17
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08/06/2009 09:08AM
 
Great report, thanks for sharing! Looking forward to the time I'll be able to take my boy (now 7 months old) in to the BWCA for his first trip. Nice to see all of you had such a great time!
Heartmantennis
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08/06/2009 10:44AM
 
Great read - great trip. The blue on that nice walleye is actually from certain decaying plants and algae in the water - caught walleyes through the ice that had the same blue tinge on the fins - was pretty funny when tossed on the ice, the fish would leave blue shadows along with their flip/flop prints in the snow. Checked with the Fisheries folks about the color - they're the ones who told me of the blue algae. Still pretty neat though!
Malamom
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08/06/2009 11:04AM
 
Really nice report! Thanks for sharing and creating another BWCA lover.
I loved the pictures of Evan and his Grandpa- they really are priceless.
520eek
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08/06/2009 12:16PM
 
Ha! Way to go... had a great time and even won the bet! Very good...

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it!
alpine525
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08/06/2009 12:19PM
 
Really enjoyed your trip report - thanks for putting it together. When you include your family in a trip, you create wonderful memories. Thanks for sharing!

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. Dalai Lama
Ho Ho
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08/06/2009 12:35PM
 
Thanks for sharing that report, it made my day.
pmagoo7777
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08/06/2009 05:04PM
 
Real nice. That is what it is all about.
nojobro
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08/06/2009 08:17PM
 
A nice read! Luckily, that rain gear looks big enough to fit him next year, too. ;-)

I want to bring both my girls up with us next year, but I am kind of dreading the $ that will be spent on all those clothes...though I guess whatever I get for the big one will eventually fit the little one.
Buck Mustard
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08/06/2009 09:28PM
 
Sounds like a great trip! Good report!

Is that kid winter camping yet? :)
stonecutter
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08/07/2009 07:01AM
 
Nice report. I hope to take my grandson and grandaughter up sometime. But they'll have to wait until they're at least 5 before I'll attempt to tackle that.
TN Man
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08/07/2009 09:15AM
 
Thanks for the great report. Definitely has me re-thinking when to bring my son (age 6)on his first trip.
Soledad
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08/12/2009 08:45AM
 
TN Man,

My dad and I both agreed that if Evan wasn't handling things well that we would pack up and head out early. We could have made it out in one long day from Tiger Bay and that was our "plan B". I think kids belong up there, I bet your son will surprise you!
dogwoodgirl
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08/12/2009 01:58PM
 
That's a wonderful report. I've been thinking about taking my god-daughter's son next year, he will be 3. Sounds like a fun trip....so far my only requirements are that Nicholas be out of diapers and understand fire and "No".

~On to Fort Chipewyan before the snow flies!
Koda
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11/10/2009 08:19PM
 
Just read your trip report. Wonderful! It was fun to look at some of your pictures as though they were old snapshots. What treasures they'll be in the future!
lars54
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11/11/2009 03:10PM
 
very nice report @ pictures those memory's that were made

on that trip will last a lifetime
moose plums
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11/11/2009 04:56PM
 
Nice report, nice photos! Spending time with you kids in the wilderness or anywhere else is the best there is.


"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"
mc2mens
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11/11/2009 11:22PM
 
Thanks Soledad - that was nice.
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